-------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- | COUNTRY OR | COLOUR | NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS. | NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. | -------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- | | | Cladrastis |Amoorland; |Whitish; |A very distinct shrub or amurensis (Amoor |Leguminosæ |July |small tree, which is Yellow Wood) | | |perfectly hardy, and has | | |peculiarly greyish-green | | |leaves. The dense spikes of | | |small, pea-shaped blossoms | | |are showy when at their | | |best. This has deep | | |descending roots, and holds | | |its own in sandy soils | | |better than most shrubs. | | | *C. tinctoria |North America |White |A tree, 30 feet high, (Virginian Yellow | | |clothed with large Wood. Syn. Virgilia| | |ornamental pinnate leaves, lutea) | | |which die off a rich | | |yellow. The flowers are | | |white, and in dense | | |drooping racemes. A fairly | | |moist soil is necessary for | | |this. | | | Clethra alnifolia |United States of|White; |In the United States of |America; |August and|America the White Alder or |Ericaceæ |early |Pepper Bush, as Clethra | |September |alnifolia is called, occurs | | |as a native over a | | |considerable area; hence | | |several forms exist, but do | | |not possess any strongly | | |marked features, unless it | | |be the variety tomentosa, | | |which is certainly the most | | |widely removed of all from | | |the typical kind. As a rule | | |the flowering period of the | | |common White Alder extends | | |throughout August and a | | |little way into September, | | |at which last-named period | | |the variety tomentosa is | | |just unfolding its earliest | | |blossoms. As the number of | | |flowering shrubs that are | | |at their best during the | | |latter part of September is | | |very limited, the blooming | | |of this variety of the | | |Clethra at that time makes | | |it valuable. The varietal | | |name of tomentosa is | | |derived from the whitish | | |down on the undersides of | | |the leaves, which serves to | | |readily distinguish it from | | |the other forms. The | | |flower-spikes, too, are | | |rather larger, while the | | |blossoms are as in the | | |others--white. The Clethras | | |all form rather | | |loose-growing bushes from 3 | | |feet to 5 feet high, and | | |delight in a moist soil of | | |a peaty nature, such as | | |that in which | | |Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and | | |others of that class | | |flourish. | | | C. canescens (Syn. |Japan |Milky |A very handsome species C. barbinervis) | |white; |with dark-green leaves and | |Summer |panicles of blossom. Well | | |worth attention, but is yet | | |rare. | | | Colutea arborescens|Mediterranean |Yellow; |A perfectly hardy, free (Bladder Senna) |region; |May and |growing, deciduous shrub, |Leguminosæ |June |reaching a height of 8 to | | |12 feet, clothed with | | |pretty divided leaves, and | | |with a profusion of | | |pea-shaped flowers, | | |succeeded by large inflated | | |seed-pods, which form a | | |very noticeable feature. | | |These pods are green, | | |tinged with red. The | | |Coluteas are very useful, | | |as they will thrive in dry | | |sandy soils where many | | |shrubs would perish. | | | *C. cruenta, Syn. |Orient |Reddish |After the manner of the C. orientalis, and | | |last, from which it differs C. sanguinea. | | |in its glaucous leaves, | | |reddish flowers, and | | |deeper-tinted seed-pods. It | | |is also somewhat dwarfer. | | | Coronilla Emerus |Southern Europe;|Yellow- |A free-growing bush 6 feet (the Scorpion Senna|Leguminosæ |tinged |high, with a profusion of Coronilla) | |red; May |pea-shaped blossoms. It | |and June |needs a well-drained, warm | | |soil. | | | C. juncea (the |South of France |Bright |An erect shrub less than a Rush-like | |yellow |yard high, with rush-like Coronilla) | | |shoots, suggesting those | | |of the Spanish Broom, and | | |also almost devoid of | | |leaves. When in full bloom | | |it is decidedly pretty. | | | *Corylopsis |Japan; |Primrose; |This delightful little pauciflora |Hamamelideæ |Spring, |shrub, when fully grown, | |before the|makes a dense bush, with | |leaves |branches 6 feet high. The | | |leaves are small, thin in | | |texture, prettily tinted | | |when young, and again in | | |autumn. The flowers are | | |primrose-yellow in colour | | |and fragrant. They are | | |arranged from two to four | | |together in drooping | | |catkins from every node on | | |the previous season's wood. | | |Though it is quite hardy in | | |other respects the flowers | | |are easily damaged by | | |frost. | | | C. spicata |Japan |Also |A shrub between 3 and 4 | |cowslip- |feet high, and better known | |coloured |than C. pauciflora. It | |and |flowers in spring before | |scented |the leaves appear.